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St. Juv. P. § 232B.12
Iowa
Code
Title
VI. Human Services
Subtitle
5. Juveniles
Chapter
232B. Indian Child Welfare Act
232B.12. Payment of
foster care expenses
1. If the department of human services has legal custody of an Indian
child and that child is placed in foster care according to the placement
preferences under section 232B.9 the state shall pay, subject to any applicable
federal funding limitations and requirements, the cost of the foster care
in the manner and to the same extent the state pays for foster care of
non-Indian children, including the administrative and training costs associated
with the placement. In addition, the state shall pay the other costs related
to the foster care placement of an Indian child as may be provided for
in an agreement entered into between a tribe and the state.
2.
The department of human services may, subject to any applicable federal
funding
limitations and requirements and within funds appropriated for foster
care services, purchase care for Indian children who are in the custody
of a federally recognized Indian tribe or tribally licensed child-placing
agency pursuant to parental consent, tribal court order, or state court
order; and the purchase of the care is subject to the same eligibility
standards and rates of support applicable to other children for whom the
department purchases care.
CREDIT(S)
Added by Acts 2003 (80
G.A.) ch. 153, § 13.
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